How Long to Read Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954 (LOA #258)

How Long Does it Take to Read Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954 (LOA #258)?

It takes the average reader 20 hours to read Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954 (LOA #258) by Virgil Thomson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Revisit the Golden Age of classical music in America through the witty and adventurous reviews of our greatest critic-composer: For fourteen memorable years Virgil Thomson surveyed the worlds of opera and classical music as the chief music critic for the New York Herald Tribune. An accomplished composer who knew music from the inside, Thomson communicated its pleasures and complexities to a wide readership in a hugely entertaining, authoritative style, and his daily reviews and Sunday articles set a high-water mark in American cultural journalism. Thomson collected his newspaper columns in four volumes: The Musical Scene, The Art of Judging Music, Music Right and Left, and Music Reviewed. All are gathered here, together with a generous selection of Thomson’s uncollected writings. The result is a singular chronicle of a magical time when an unrivaled roster of great conductors (Koussevitzky, Toscanini, Beecham, Stokowski) and legendary performers (Horowitz, Rubinstein, Heifetz, Stern) presented new masters (Copland, Stravinsky, Britten, Bernstein) and re-introduced the classics to a rapt American audience. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

How long is Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954 (LOA #258)?

Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954 (LOA #258) by Virgil Thomson is 1,200 pages long, and a total of 300,000 words.

This makes it 405% the length of the average book. It also has 367% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954 (LOA #258) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 27 hours and 19 minutes to read Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954 (LOA #258) aloud.

What Reading Level is Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954 (LOA #258)?

Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles 1940-1954 (LOA #258) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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